VB Contracts in Glasgow
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Glasgow region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 64 59 37
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -22
Contract jobs citing VB 12 3 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.286% 0.381% 3.890%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.080% 1.087% 8.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 10
Average daily rate £350 £400 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £400 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.07% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+25.92% -10.00%
Search 3 VB jobs in Glasgow
All Programming Languages
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 577 276 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 61.84% 35.07% 44.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 133 198
Average daily rate £355 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £225 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 7
Average hourly rate £12.18 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.11% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.86 £11.00 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.23 £20.00 £94.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VB
Scotland

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Glasgow VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow VB Daily Rate Histogram

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing VB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB.

1 22 (51.16%) .NET
2 20 (46.51%) SQL
3 17 (39.53%) Finance
4 16 (37.21%) C#
5 15 (34.88%) Java
6 14 (32.56%) ASP.NET
6 14 (32.56%) UNIX
7 12 (27.91%) Sybase
8 10 (23.26%) Banking
8 10 (23.26%) Investment Banking
9 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
10 8 (18.60%) Linux
10 8 (18.60%) VB.NET
10 8 (18.60%) Spring
11 7 (16.28%) VB6
11 7 (16.28%) QA
11 7 (16.28%) VBA
12 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
12 6 (13.95%) Perl
12 6 (13.95%) Windows
12 6 (13.95%) Solaris
12 6 (13.95%) Sun
12 6 (13.95%) Shell Script
12 6 (13.95%) WPF
12 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
13 5 (11.63%) Regression Testing
13 5 (11.63%) Manual Testing
13 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
13 5 (11.63%) Derivative
13 5 (11.63%) XML

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow region citing VB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (51.16%) .NET
2 14 (32.56%) ASP.NET
3 8 (18.60%) Spring
4 6 (13.95%) WPF
5 5 (11.63%) XML
6 4 (9.302%) COM+
6 4 (9.302%) DCOM
7 3 (6.977%) WCF
7 3 (6.977%) SOAP
7 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 3 (6.977%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.651%) ADO
8 2 (4.651%) ODBC
8 2 (4.651%) ActiveX
8 2 (4.651%) LINQ
9 1 (2.326%) .NET Framework
9 1 (2.326%) Application Packaging
9 1 (2.326%) ASP
9 1 (2.326%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (2.326%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.326%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.302%) MS Visio
3 3 (6.977%) MS Office
4 2 (4.651%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (4.651%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (2.326%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.651%) Intranet
1 2 (4.651%) Internet
2 1 (2.326%) Firewall
2 1 (2.326%) Wireless
2 1 (2.326%) VLAN
2 1 (2.326%) Extranet
2 1 (2.326%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.326%) HTTP
2 1 (2.326%) DNS
2 1 (2.326%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (9.302%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.977%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.977%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.651%) DTS
5 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (2.326%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.326%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.326%) MS Access
5 1 (2.326%) DB2
5 1 (2.326%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MSI
1 2 (4.651%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.326%) Selenium
2 1 (2.326%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (2.326%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.326%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (2.326%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 17 (39.53%) Finance
2 10 (23.26%) Banking
2 10 (23.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Developer
2 9 (20.93%) Applications Developer
3 8 (18.60%) Java Developer
4 6 (13.95%) Senior Applications Developer
4 6 (13.95%) Senior Developer
5 5 (11.63%) Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Development Consultant
6 4 (9.302%) C# Developer
7 3 (6.977%) Microsoft Developer
8 2 (4.651%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Java Applications Developer
8 2 (4.651%) Test Analyst
9 1 (2.326%) .NET Developer
9 1 (2.326%) Technical Analyst
9 1 (2.326%) VB Developer
9 1 (2.326%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.326%) Senior Support Analyst
9 1 (2.326%) Technical Tester
9 1 (2.326%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Derivative
2 4 (9.302%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.326%) Equities
3 1 (2.326%) PKI
3 1 (2.326%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.326%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.326%) NHS
3 1 (2.326%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.326%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (32.56%) UNIX
2 8 (18.60%) Linux
3 6 (13.95%) Windows
3 6 (13.95%) Solaris
4 3 (6.977%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.651%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000
6 1 (2.326%) Windows NT
6 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
2 5 (11.63%) Regression Testing
2 5 (11.63%) Manual Testing
2 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
2 5 (11.63%) Test Automation
3 4 (9.302%) Multithreading
3 4 (9.302%) RAD
4 3 (6.977%) UML
4 3 (6.977%) Unit Testing
4 3 (6.977%) MVC
5 2 (4.651%) Data Modelling
5 2 (4.651%) Release Management
5 2 (4.651%) Time Management
5 2 (4.651%) Workflow
6 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.326%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.326%) Migration
6 1 (2.326%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.326%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.326%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (46.51%) SQL
2 16 (37.21%) C#
3 15 (34.88%) Java
4 8 (18.60%) VB.NET
5 7 (16.28%) VB6
5 7 (16.28%) VBA
6 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (13.95%) Perl
6 6 (13.95%) Shell Script
7 4 (9.302%) VBScript
8 3 (6.977%) C++
8 3 (6.977%) Scala
9 2 (4.651%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.326%) Security Cleared
1 1 (2.326%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.651%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.326%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.326%) MetaFrame
2 1 (2.326%) Terminal Services
2 1 (2.326%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (9.302%) Control-M
2 1 (2.326%) SCCM
2 1 (2.326%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.326%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (2.326%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 12 (27.91%) Sybase
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 6 (13.95%) Sun
4 3 (6.977%) Oracle
5 2 (4.651%) Citrix
6 1 (2.326%) VMware
6 1 (2.326%) HP
6 1 (2.326%) Intel
6 1 (2.326%) TIBCO
6 1 (2.326%) Novell
Web Application Developer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Knowledge of Visual Basic, C#, jQuery and source code control utilities, e.g. Git/Subversion/Tortoise, would be beneficial as would an understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP)...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Rate: From £21,176 to £27,625 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
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